Student Retention & Success
Assessing Strategies
UA will continue to provide students with entryways to the University based on their preparedness. The University of Akron is equipped with a myriad of student support resources and services. With these two important aspects combined, the University is well-suited to provide support and guidance for all enrolled Zips, regardless of major.
Examples of competition strategies:
- Pathways to student academic success
- Early alert and intervention programs
- Student emergency financial assistance programs
- Persistence grants
- Developmental academic advising
- First-year success seminar
- Learning communities
- Alternative forms of credit
- Decrease in the number of credit hours needed to complete degree
- Multi-year mentoring services, including peer mentorship
- Learning assistant program
- Career advising and preparation
- Retention analytics and institutional dashboards
- Retention metrics